Letter #31

we are here in metepec for a zone activity. we are going to go play soccer and stuff.

 

so my package got here like a week before my birthday. but i didnt get it until the other day. i love the backpack and the candy but i was fasting so i couldnt eat it. and thanks for the cds. so i did the normal for my birthday... worked. there is no time for anything else.thanks for the talks that you sent me! but i have to go bc i dont have time this week.

 

if you could send me the talk "nadie es llamado a fracasar" or "no one is called to fail" you might have to look for it but it is really good. and another from gordon hinckley "dont drop the ball" it is really good and if you could send me they that would be great.

 

i love you all thanks for everything!

Notice

This is Ashley, and while posting I made the mistake of doing the most recent letter as the least recent. So the most recent letters starting at #26 and up are reverse.

Thanks!

Letter #30

wow what a change it was...

now its a new one. im still here in tejupilco but everyone else in my district left. im here with an ex zone leader that is just amazing! he is from arlington. he has two changes left in his mission so we are going to baptise the world. we will not be in the same area but we will be training two kids. we will each get our kids on thursday.

so we had interviews with president this week and it was an amazing experience.  i have such a greater love for the savior and for his atoning sacrifice... and also for the sacrament.  from now on i will never ever miss the sacrament...  maybe one day you shall hear the story. :)  just tell president hoffman how greatful i am for him and for the atonement of jesus the christ.

can someone send me the talk from bruce r mckonkie... the cleansing power of gethsemeni. it was like one of the last talks he gave before he died and it was a revelation he had.

mom in you talk just tell everyone that very very very few people are living lives worthy for the celestial kingdom.  talk about the obedience! d&c 82:10 130:20-21 to every law with out the slightest bit of gray. alma 37:13. and the joy of the saints mosiah 2 all of the chapter.

wow i love you all so much. and im greatful for all the things you have taught me...

if you could send me baptismal pants and a sweet backpack(not big) with a lot of pockets. if not... its ok :)  wow i love you all!!!!!!!

thanks dustin mom and dad for the letters.

Letter #29

hey yall

thanks mike dad mom and ashley for your letters.

so i got ROBBED. not true... i just need a new back pack because my other one got destroyed from the sun and just time.

so dad i was thinking about what you were saying and its so true. but being here and seeing everyone, it is so sad.  i think of the talk from elder uchtdorf... living below your privileges. everyone is literally not living up to their potential. people are doing the bare minimum and they think that they are doing "alright".  i think about before my mission and think... wow if i would have died i would have been screwed... and its very true the lord wants so much more from everyone of us.

i think to my self every day... how much more does the lord want from me... i try to give more and more and more. i love repentance.

i dont know if you sent me the package yet but if you could find me a nice durable belt like the one i have right now that would be great.

so could you send me the talk from bruce r mckonkie? its called the el poder purificador de getsemini. the purifying power of gethsemini. please in english. i already have it in spanish.

i love the atonement more and more each day... and grace it is what helps us get over the addictions we may have. also we need to control the mind first and then the rest follows. i love section 121 it gives me strength. and amen to the priesthood of that man.

i absolutely love the book of mormon... we need to read it every day and we need to fast more often.

i love you all so much! and i hope you are doing well

love, Elder Clark

Letter #28

sorry i have no time to talk today.

my comp all week just told me that he wanted to go home.  i was his dad in the mission. but he was from guatemala and they are gong to talk to doctors to see if they can help him. i got a new comp today and that is why we cant talk alot bc we just got back to tejupilco.

so they dont have easter its just a week long of catholic holidays. its called semana santa. they do a whole bunch of different things.

sorry em we dont get close to families here because we are always working and when we eat we have one hour to eat as much as possible then we leave. we dont have time to play and know people bc we are always trying to find people that dont have the restored gosple. the members already have it.

mike sorry about your friend. the mind is so powerful. but just as faith is a seed that grows so are bad thoughts but they are like weeds that always seem faster and easier where you dont want them then they take over.  

BUT I LOVE THE BOOK OF MORMON. I LOVE IT   I LOVE IT   I LOVE IT. 

but i love you all and thanks for the talks that you send me and your thoughts i love you all a ton!

Elder Clark  im being the elder that my mom wants me to be and thinks that i am. ;)

Letter #27

so i didnt see any of conference. but im excited to hear it. im going to burn cds and listen to all the sesiones.  

so in my district we have a missionary that has baptized so many people in his mission. he is known for baptiszing. and i have spent some time this week with him doing interviews and learning from him. literally i just want to baptize and i want to baptize a lot.

this week we are going to got to a pueblo and bring as many people as possible and we are going to baptise them. i love being a missionary but i want to complete with my perpose more. peter baptized 3000 others have baptized hundreds. all the really cool Prophets and Apostles talk about a time when we will baptize thousands again. im so excited and i know that you will all be receiving a lot more photos from baptisms.

Bruce R Mckonkie is my hero.

i love you all thanks for all you do and the talks that you send me! 

les amo mucho!

Elder Clark(this is in spanish too)

This is Ashley, be sure to check the other post too!

Letter # 26

sooooooooooooooooooooo

THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR LETTERS!

emily- cherish the moments you have with the family(grandma jane).  wow i was so dumb not to spend more time with all the family. 

hayden- i love you man. great to hear that everything is going well.

cole y braden- wow prepare now! read you scriptures everyday and read it like a story so you kno the context as well. also read the new testiment. and all the church doctrine possible right now. share with all your friends right now! i wish i would have known more before to show all my friends the errors they were in. they cannot be save in anyother church. the mission is as hard as you make it. its up to you. the harder you mission the easier your like after. the easier the mission the harder your life after. get into habits good habits and spend the most time possible with your families read and discuss what you learn with your leaders, they will tell you so much more. the church is so true.

grandma- im growing wieght(wait... isnt it "gaining weight") anyways their are two senior couples. they are so awesome and they are working so hard. my mission president is carlos villarreal... LOOK FOR HIM IN THE APRIL CONF OF 2014...he will be in the first quorom of the seventy.

i dont have anymore time but thanks everyone for everything you do for me and thanks for your prayers.

LOVE, Elder Clark